Guild Trademarks from the Medieval Period on display across the City of Florence “Footnotes from Florence” – a personal collection of curious connections between the UK and Florence. I had the great pleasure recently of sharing a visit to Florence...
“Footnotes from Florence” – a personal collection of curious connections between the UK and Florence. “Portrait of a woman in Green” is being shown at the Charles 1 Exhibition at the Royal Academy – Definitely an image of a...
As Mrs May bravely approached Florence to brag about the great trading relationship between England and Florence since Medieval times I thought it might be pertinent to put out a warning that this could be another dangerous move on her part! I wrote the Blog below in...
Arnolfini family – an unlucky love affair in Lucca Following on from my Blog about Lucchese merchant Niccolo Arnolfini and his wife, Costanza Trenta who died in childbirth – I was saddened to learn this week that future generations of the...
Palazzo Schifanoia could be literally translated as the name of the Palace where Nobles would go to do “away with boredom”. It comes from the Italian phrase “schivar la noia”. In 1469-70 the Ferranese Ruler, Borso d’Este, wanted a huge...
As Mrs May bravely approached Florence to brag about the great trading relationship between England and Florence since Medieval times I thought it might be pertinent to put out a warning that this could be another dangerous move on her part! I wrote this Blog in 2015...
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